Attaching device for antiskid wheel-chains.



H. C. BOHACK. ATTACHING DEVICE FOR ANTISKID WHEEL CH AINS.

APPLICATION HLED .IA N.25| 19H.

Patented July 10, 1917.

ill- HENRY C. BOHACK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ATTACHING DEVICE FOR ANTISKID WHEELCHAINS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patent and ii t it 1U Application filed January 25, 1917. Serial No. 144.505.

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. lie it known that l. llnxny (7. litillAtfli. a citizen of the llnited States. residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New fork. have invented certain new and useful improvements in Attaching Devices tor -tntiskid lv'hcel-thains. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attaching devices for anti-skid chains employed in connecthm with automobile and similar vehicle wheels, and it is one object of the invention to provide a device of this class which may be readily secured to any automobile wheel and which will permit ot' the quick and convenient application to and removal from the said wheel ol' th anti-skid chains.

itis allot ier aim of the inventi n to provide an attaching device for the purpose stated which will be adapted to securely hold the anti-skid chains upon the wheel without the said chains imposing any strain upon the spokes ot' the wheel.

In the drawings;

Figure. 1 is a side elevation of an automobile wheel equipped with the attaching devices embodying the present invention;

l ig. a vertical transverse sectional view through the rim of the wheel illustrah inp; the device in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the devicev detached from the wheel;

Fig. -1t is a detail longitudinal sectional view through a portion of the attaching de vice.

in the drawings, the rim of the wheel is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and the attaching device embodying the present invention inchides an attaching plate 2 which is disposed against the inner side of the said rim 1 and secured implace by means of screws or bolts, indicated by the numeral 3, these fastening elements being of any suitable number and being preferably arranged in a series parallel to one edge of the i said plate. lt is also preferable that the device as a whole be secured to the rim in such l'iosition that it will lie outwardly of the vertical plane; occupied by the spokes .ot' the wheel althon 'h it may be otherwise attached to the rim it desired.

il. i? one end the attaching plate 2 is formed with an integral hook which extends up wardly from the plate, as indicated by the i and thence inwardly in spaced to the plate as indicated at 5, his

end of the book being; extended inwardly and downwardly a short distance; as at (3. so as to :t'orm the bill ot the hook designed to prevent accidental disenminement ot the anti-sk d chain from the said hook, it being understood that this chain. which is indieated in the drawiln s by the numeral 7, is designed to have one of its terminal links engaged with the said hook 5. At its other end the plate 2 is formed with a book 8 which extends outwardly and upwardly from the said end of the plat =and thence inwardly in spaced relation to the upper side of the plate its end terminatingabove the -ai 1l plate adjacent the end from which the hook as a whole extends. The hook 8 is shorter than the hook 5 and it will be observed by ret'erencc to the drawings that alter the chain has been engaged at one end with the hook 5 and has been passed, about the rim and tire of the wheeL, its other end is to be con nected to the device by engaging;- the corresponding terminal link with the hook S. In order that the end of the chaininay be prc vented from accidental disengagement from the said hook S a leaf spring; 9 is secured upon the upper face 01' the plate 2 and at its free end bears against the under side oi? the bill of the hook S. The leaf spring includes an attaching portion which formed with openings 10 which register with openings 11 formed in the attaching plate 2 and bolts 12 are titted through the openings 10 and threaded into the openings 11, it being understood that these bolts may be removed for the purpose of removing the spring: 9 in event the same should become broken and it should be desired to substitute a. new spring therefor. From its attached end the spring; is bowed to e 'tend upwardly and, thence approximately parallel to the said plate '3. the attached end ot the spring being located substantially beneath the hook is and the free end of the spring engaging. as before stated, with the under side oi the bill of the hook 8.

Having;' thus described the invention, whatis claimed as new is:

1. A device for the purpose set forth com prising a flat attaching plate adapted along one edge to be secured to the inner circumference of a rim. a hook located at one end of the plate and extending from said end toward the center olthe plate. a hook located at the other end of the plate and having its hill presented toward the lirstanentioned tit lltl

hook, and a leaf spring having one end rigidly secured to the plate adjacent the firstnientioned hook and its free end engaging under the bill of the second-mentioned hook.

2. A device of the class described comprising an attaching plate, a hook having its bill curved from one end of the plate and extending toward the center of the same with its terminal portion turned toward the plate at a point between the ends of the plate, the space between the said terminal portion of the hook and the surface of the plate being open, a second hook curved from the opposite end of the plate with its terminal approximately in the plane of said end and presented away from the plate and toward the first-mentioned hook, and a leaf spring carried by the plate and having its terminal bearing against the terminal of the secondmentioned hook.

In testimony whereof I. afiiX my signature.

HENRY C. BOHACK. 

